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Padang Padang Surfing Point

Padang Padang only starts to work when we have a big swell running. A sealed road will take you all the way to the top of the stairs that take you down to a beautiful beach in front of the reef. With easy paddle out through the channel.

distance: take a car
walk: instant access (<5 mn)
private access

Surf Spot Characteristics

wave quality
 Totally Epic
experience
 pros or kamikaze only...
surf frequency
very consistent (150 day/year)
type
reef-coral
direction
 left
bottom
reef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)
power
- hollow
- fast
normal length
short (<50m)
good day
long (150 to 300 m)
swell direction
 - SouthWest
- South
wind direction
  
swell size
starts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 4m+ / 12ft
tide position
 all tides
tide movement
  

Additional Surfing Infos

Padang in two words: power and fear. It' the most dangerous and hollowest wave in this area. The final bowl is an obligatory tube. In short: Tube at the take-off, then speed, speed, speed and the ledgey final tube section.
Under 4 ft: even if the surf is possible under 4ft at the final bowl, it's dangerous because of the shallow water.
Over 5 ft: the best is at mid tide. It's pretty but the wave is crowded. It's remain dangerous because there is no water on the reef.
Over 6 ft: the real Padang starts at this size. The wave is long and very hollow. The take-off zone is moving in front of the big rock. Be attentive to the choice of your wave (difficult because there are at this moment 30 to 40 surfers...).
More than 8 ft: Wait for the low tide. The wave is incredible and dangerous.
10 ft: it's the average limit of Padang. Surnatural.
More than 12 ft: out of control.

Take a long board (6'8" to 7'4")

If the technical level is too high for you (we are a lot in this case !), just come and enjoy the show on the wave. You will learn just by watching.

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